Ministry of Agriculture (Russia)


The Russian Federation Ministry of Agriculture is the cabinet-level agency responsible for support of agricultural production, soil conservation, rural development, agricultural market regulation, and financial stabilization of the farm sector.
In addition to being subdivided into functional departments, the ministry supervises the federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance.
The current minister is Dmitry Patrushev.

History

The first Imperial Russian ministry to deal with agricultural and rural issues was the Ministry of State Assets of the Russian Empire, formed in 1837. Successor ministries were:
Ministry of Cultivation and State Property of the Russian Empire
Main Directorate for Land Use and Cultivation of the Russian Empire
Ministry of Cultivation of the Russian Empire
Ministry of Cultivation of the Provisional Government of Russia
People's Commissariat of Cultivation of the RSFSR
People's Commissariat of Cultivation of the USSR
People's Commissariat of Grain and Livestock State Farms of the USSR
People's Commissariat of Procurement of the USSR
People's Commissariat of Industrial Crops of the USSR
Ministry of Cultivation of the USSR
Ministry of Procurement of the USSR
Ministry of Industrial Crops of the USSR
Ministry of Livestock of the USSR
Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR
Ministry of State Farms of the USSR
Ministry of Cotton of the USSR
Ministry of Agriculture and Procurement of the USSR
Ministry of Agriculture of the USSR
Ministry of Grain Products of the USSR
State Committee of the Council of Ministers of the USSR for Grain Products
State Committee of Procurement of the Council of Ministers of the USSR
Ministry of Fruit and Vegetables of the USSR
State Agroindustrial Committee
Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the USSR
Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the RSFSR
Ministry of Agriculture of the RSFSR
Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Russian Federation